What you should really be doing is finding a way to consume as little news as possible, only picking up what really matters. Most of it is useless. Even HN has an inordinate amount of stuff that's either clearly political or local US news which I don't care about, that's why I generally don't follow the news page.
The AskHN is however a source of good discussions which can often provide you with new and useful insights into things.
The must read on the subject:
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